M1 Garand - Cdn Marked?

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Question for the M1 Garand gurus....

1. Were there Canadian marked M1 Garand rifles [ie. C broad arrow]

2. If so, where would the marks typically be?

3. If so, what M1 makers [ie. Springfield, etc] & serial number range(s) are known?

Thanks.

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Canada owned several thousand M1 Garands at one time. There are documented cases of Canadian soldiers, being issued US equipment during WW2. I don't know if Garands were ever issued to them.
Canada sold off her garands to Denmark. I don't know if they were Canadian marked.
 
They were never officially accepted. Hence, no C broad arrows.
25th Brigade(Korea) was sent to the U.S. for training on U.S. kit, but was issued regular CF kit when they were sent.
 
One would assume that some Garands would have been issued in small numbers to Canadian troops acting under US-led UN command during the Korean war. Possibly also at various locations during the cold war where US and Canadian troops shared some real-estate.
 
On 1 July 1949 the armed forces had 2583 serviceable and 5379 unserviceable M1s. A Cdn manual was issued in the early 50s.
"Defending the Dominion" Edgecombe
 
Yes. I think the original inquiry mave have come from a gun store I was in yesterday where the C broad arrow marked garand was being purchased. Marked on the wood under the heel of the hand grip. Apparently the en bloc clips were also Canadian marked.
 
55recce said:
Yes. I think the original inquiry mave have come from a gun store I was in yesterday where the C broad arrow marked garand was being purchased. Marked on the wood under the heel of the hand grip. Apparently the en bloc clips were also Canadian marked.
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Hmmm...interesting.

I'd love to see some pics of those markings...:)
 
55recce said:
Apparently the en bloc clips were also Canadian marked.
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The en bloc clips are marked like this:

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A retired Cdn Army Major, who is also a ctg collector, that was present said that the "DAQ" on the base of the en blocs stood for "Dominion Arsenal Quebec".

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Alan Kerr of Milarm has a "C" broad arrow Garand in his collection. I saw it many years ago hanging up on one of the beams. I think it's now on display upstairs in the museum.
 
Canadian Garands

I have some old DCRA magazines here somewhere that had an article on the DCRA people testing the Garand for accuracy because "Canada was going to adopt the Garand." The Garands had been made available through DND.

Then, Korea happened.
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I know the red stripe on the forestock was common with the Lend Lease, or "King's Garands". And the red stripe denoted .30 calibre rather than .303.
I would love to see a Canadian marked M1 Garand as well:)
 
bearhunter said:
Canada owned several thousand M1 Garands at one time. There are documented cases of Canadian soldiers, being issued US equipment during WW2. I don't know if Garands were ever issued to them.
Canada sold off her garands to Denmark. I don't know if they were Canadian marked.
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Where did this information come from? The US forums indicated 2 sources for the Danish Garands. A lot were FMS 'lend lease' tied loans. These guns went back to the CMP and were sold a decade ago. Mostly early and midwar wartime serial numbers. The ones they couldn't return to the US (maybe the FMS numbers had already been met?), were sold. How and where the Danes got them has always been presumed to be cash purchase from the US.
 
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